HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2024

 

COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY & HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS

Rep. David A. Tarnas, Chair

Rep. Gregg Takayama, Vice Chair

 

Rep. Luke A. Evslin

Rep. Greggor Ilagan

Rep. Sonny Ganaden

Rep. Sam Satoru Kong

Rep. Daniel Holt

Rep. Tyson K. Miyake

Rep. Linda Ichiyama

Rep. Kanani Souza

 

 

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

DATE:

Friday, March 1, 2024

TIME:

2:00 PM

PLACE:

VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE

Conference Room 325

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

 

 

A live stream link of all House Standing Committee meetings will be available online

shortly before the scheduled start time.

 

Click here for the live stream of this meeting via YouTube.

 

 

 

A G E N D A

 

 

Expungement Informational Briefing (March 1, 2024)              [click here] for briefing materials

 

 

2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

 

The purpose of this informational briefing is to discuss the mechanics of the record clearance process in Hawai'i and learn about the best practices used by other states. The briefing will include presentations by the two entities involved in the expungement and sealing of criminal records – The Department of the Attorney General and the Judiciary. It will also feature experts from outside of Hawai'i who have worked with other states on their state-initiated record clearance initiatives.

 

 

Schedule with Presenters

 

 

2:00 – 2:30 Department of the Attorney General                      [click here] for briefing materials

 

 

·         Phillip D. Higdon, Administrator, Hawai'i Criminal Justice Data Center (HCJDC)

 

·         David J. Roberts, Executive Director, System for the Electronic Analysis and Retrieval of Criminal Histories (SEARCH)

 

 

2:30 – 3:00 Judiciary                            [click here] for briefing materials

 

·         Michelle Acosta, Deputy Chief Court Administrator for the First Circuit

 

·         Thomas Berger, Supreme Court Staff Attorney

 

·         Mai Nguyen Van, Director of the Information Technology and Systems Department

 

·         Dana Nakasato, Judiciary Information Management System (JIMS) Specialist

 

 

3:00 – 3:30 Record Clearance Advocacy Groups                     [click here] for briefing materials

 

·         Jennifer Brown, Associate Director & Staff Attorney, Hawai'i Innocence Project

 

·         Frank Stiefel, Senior Policy Associate, Last Prisoner Project

 

 

3:30 – 4:00 Questions from Members of the JHA Committee

 

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids and/or services to participate in the House public hearing process (i.e.,  interpretive services (oral or written) or ASL interpreter), please contact the Committee Clerk at least 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made. 

 

For further information, please call the Committee Clerk at (808) 586-6325.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rep. David A. Tarnas

Chair